CBES

by Mathew Block
CANADA – “The majority of Canadians, including those who identify themselves as Christians, read the Bible either seldom or never.” That’s one of the grim conclusions drawn by the Canadian Bible Engagement Study (CBES), a study conducted by Angus Reid Forum and sponsored by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Canadian Bible Forum.
As of 2013, only 14 percent of Canadians read the Bible at least once a month. That’s half the percentage of the population (28 percent) who read the Bible monthly back in 1996. These numbers …